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RENAISSANCE: RE-BIRTH, SHORT BREAK, OR TRANSITION?

The Renaissance is a period of transition, beginning the modern age in Europe. During this
period, great changes in the economy, society, politics and culture would take shape,
ultimately leading up to the modern age.
At the end of the Hundred Years War, economic activity renewed across the region. Mainly
in the cities and towns of Italy and Northwestern Europe, which became linked through
land and sea trade. A rise in population was supported by this growth, which brought
about changes to the social system previously developed.
There were also considerable changes in European thought and culture. Just the discovery
that planets move around the sun would cause a great change in thought. The invention of
movable-type printing transformed books and communication. Artists developed techniques
of painting in three dimensions, and architects developed ways to make buildings more
spacious and larger.
Most importantly, during the Renaissance, a greater importance was placed on the
individual. Individuals and humanity in general needed to understand the world and to
make it serve the needs of humanity. A persons future was not considered pre-determined,
but was partly the work of their own free will.
With so many major changes taking place during the Renaissance, it could not be a rebirth
of a past society. Nor did these changes occur overnight, which negates the Renaissance
from being a sharp break from the past. The Renaissance was a transitional period, from
the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. 
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